Tag: "Cross Country"
All-Area Boys Cross Country 2011: Lead runners step up to lead pack
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com There’s rarely a year where an area runner doesn’t shine on the state level. This year was no exception to the rule. As again several area athletes performed at a high level. There were five local runners that finished at the top 30 at the state finals to earn […]
CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS: Adams, Lake Orion pace area teams
13 local runners run to all-state honors BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BROOKLYN — Rochester Adams saved its best for last. The Highlanders’ girls cross country team, which failed to make the state finals the past two years after a 19-year run of state-qualifying squads, capped a fine season Saturday at Michigan Speedway. Adams […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Shrine, Oakland Christian, WOLL gain cross country state finals passes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELS — Winning regional titles is always a fine benchmark for any program. Using it as motivation is also a great tool. Royal Oak Shrine Catholic used the repeat talk as motivation at Saturday’s Lower Peninsula Division 4 regional at Goodells County Park west of Port Huron. The Knights […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Adams leads the pack with regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — Participating in two sports in the same season, Gabrielle Thivierge is just now rounding into form in cross-country. A longtime swimmer, where she is a distance freestyler for the Highlanders’ state-ranked swimming team, Thivierge is starting to show her natural ability on the trails in her first […]
Cranbrook, Notre Dame Prep lead D-2 regional field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — There is a first for everything. Such a first came Saturday for Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood on the cross country course. The Cranes captured their first-ever girls cross country regional championship at Goodells County Park west of Port Huron. Cranbrook landed three runners in the top six […]
Wolves harries looking to hound down a state finals berth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — For years Clarkston has fielded quality boys cross country programs. At the state-meet level, it hasn’t always been the case. Clarkston has qualified only five times in the past 15 seasons, with an all-time best of fourth at the Class A meet back in 1999. The Wolves […]
Adams girls hope to start new streak on cross country trials
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Some streaks are met to be broken. Rochester Adams had a streak snapped on the cross country course in 2009 and now the Highlanders are trying to start a new one. After 17 straight berths in the Lower Peninsula Class A/Division 1 state finals, the Adams […]
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA Red Division Championships Results
Boys Cross Country OAA RED DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 21 at Bloomer Park, Rochester) TEAM SCORES — 1. Lake Orion, 50; 2.Clarkston, 70;3. Troy, 106; 4. Rochester Adams, 117; 5. Oxford, 119; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek, 123; 7. Birmingham Seaholm, 142; 8. Rochester, 179. FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS — 1. Lake Orion, 31; 2.Clarkston, 28; 3. Oxford, […]
Seaholm, Milford run to county cross country titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MILFORD — With sometimes over 40 schools competing, the Oakland County Cross Country Championships seldom provides a narrow victory. Yet Saturday’s 52nd running was not just close, it couldn’t have been any closer. In the end, Birmingham Seaholm’s girls team learned it had been crowned the team champion moments […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results
Boys Cross Country 52nd ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 8 at Kensington Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Milford, 76; 2. Waterford Mott, 110; 3. White Lake Lakeland, 110; 4. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 161; 5. Clarkston, 217; 6. Walled Lake Northern, 238; 7. Lake Orion, 239; 8. Farmington, 291; 9. Rochester Adams, 317; 10. Rochester […]
Cross Country State Rankings
Girls Cross Country (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Saline; 2. Grosse Pointe South; 3. Northville; 4. Grand Haven; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Brighton; 7. Birmingham Seaholm; 8. Rockford; 9. Traverse City Central; 10. Livonia Churchill. Honorable Mention — Troy, Rochester Adams, Dexter. Division 2 — 1. East Grand Rapids; 2. Dearborn Divine Child; […]
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA Blue Division Jamboree No. 2 Results
Girls Cross Country OAA BLUE DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Sept. 27 at O.C.C.-Orchard Ridge Campus) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Harrison, 50; 2. Birmingham Groves, 55; 3. Berkley, 65; 4. Royal Oak, 93; 5. Auburn Hills Avondale, 110; 6. Ferndale, 199; 7. (tie) Southfield, NTS; Hazel Park, NTS, Pontiac, NTS, Oak Park, NTS; Southfield Lathrup, […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Catholic Central Shamrocks Invitational Results
Boys Cross Country CATHOLIC CENTRAL SHAMROCKS INVITATIONAL (at Cass Benton Park) DIVISION I TEAM SCORES — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 52; 2. Oxford, 80; 3. Utica, 89; 4. Farmington, 93; 5. Northville, 115; 6. Novi Detroit Catholic Central ‘B’, 131; 7. Rochester Adams, 174; 8. Northville, ‘B’, 199; 9. Dearborn, 271; 10. Allen Park, […]
CROSS COUNTRY: CHSL Division II Jamboree No.2
Boys Cross Country CHSL DIVISION II JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Huron Meadows Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Dearborn Divine Child, 38; 2. Macomb Lutheran North, 67; 3. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, 98; 4. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 99; 5. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 100. TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1. Nicholas Soter (Dearborn Divine Child) 15:52; 2. […]
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA White Division Jamboree No. 2 Results
Boys Cross Country OAA WHITE DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Sept. 27 at Bloomer Park, Rochester) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington, 48; 2. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 66; 3. West Bloomfield, 71; 4. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 92; 5. North Farmington, 107; 6. Troy Athens, 112. TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1. Jarred Bratley (Bloomfield Hills Andover) 16:40; 2. […]
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA Red Division Jamboree No. 2 Results
Boys Cross Country OAA RED DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 2 (at Stoney Creek Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Clarkston, 59; 2. Lake Orion, 68; 3. Oxford, 96; 4. Rochester Adams, 111; 5. Troy, 118; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek, 140; 7. Birmingham Seaholm, 144; 8. Rochester, 179. TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1. T.J. Carey (Lake Orion) 16:06; […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS — Sept. 27
Digital sports publication www.northoaklandsports.com will publish state rankings each week. Forward copies by e-mail to senior editor dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com. Girls Volleyball (By the coaches association) Class A — 1. Rockford; 2. Farmington Hills Mercy; 3. Lake Orion; 4. Birmingham Marian; 5. Clarkston; 6. Plymouth Canton; 7. East Kentwood; 8. Grand Haven; 9. Richland […]
Happy Trails: Oxford harriers making their way to the front pack
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — In nearly 40 years as a head or assistant cross-country coach, Ray Sutherland has had his fair share of talented athletes. Yet in 2011, he has his best collection of female runners in school history. The Wildcats have lived up to that so far this season. In […]
